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  Diner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diners were superseded in the 1970s by fast food restaurants such as McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Like a mobile home, a diner is narrow and elongated to allow roadway transport (in the case of a diner, to the restaurant's ultimate location).
Diners in a certain part of western New York State, northeastern Ohio, and northwestern Pennsylvania are commonly spelled Dinor rather than the traditional Diner.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diner   (609 words)

  
 manufacturers
The difference between a diner built by one manfacturer and one built by another is much like the difference between two cars of different makers, except that the diner builder didn't stamp his name on the grill.
The Boulevard Diner and the Miss Worcester Diner, both located in the city of Worcester, Mass, are fine examples, as is the colorful Moran Square Diner in Fitchburg, Mass, which sports unusual 9-pane windows and raised wood panels at one end.
Although Sterling Diners built many diners of conventional styling including the Crosser Diner in Lisbon, Ohio, their most memorable achievement was the streamliner model which mimicked the streamlined railroad cars of its day and featured either one or two rounded ends.
www.dinercity.com /dinerFacts.html   (1446 words)

  
 Diner (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diner (1982) is a film written and directed by Barry Levinson which along with Avalon, Tin Men, and Liberty Heights constitutes his series of "Baltimore films." Diner is the first film Levinson directed.
Set in Baltimore in 1959, Diner tells of the story of a group of male, high school friends, now in their twenties, who reunite for the wedding of one of their group.
The semi-autobiographical film explores the changing relationships among these friends as they become adults through what is mostly a series of vignettes rather than a traditional narrative.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diner_(movie)   (155 words)

  
 Diner Restoration News
Courtesy of The American Diner Museum-Providence, RI A 1938 Diner that had its origin on the historic Lincoln Highway in Westmoreland County, PA (Irwin) will be returning to the Highway once again.
Since it is the intention of the LHHC to fully restore the diner, professional diner experts needed to be brought in.
Both consultants have extensive experience with diners; both were asked to assess the diner's condition and to make recommendations, including a prioritization of tasks with estimated costs for each task.
www.lhhc.org /content/subpag/diner.html   (381 words)

  
 Westway Diner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This diner may very well be the inspiration behind Monk's, rather than Tom's Restaurant.
The Westway Diner is at 614 9th avenue between 44th and 43rd streets.
The Westway diner is between 43rd and 44th streets and 9th aveune on the east side of the street.
home.earthlink.net /~asena/westway.html   (132 words)

  
 Diner FAQs - Frequently asked questions about diners
Given their roots serving factory shift workers, diners have traditionally been open around the clock, but as the economy has changed, many diners are now open only for breakfast and lunch.
According to the strictest definition, a "diner" means only a prefabricated structure built in a factory by a diner manufacturer and then moved to its destination in a section or sections.
Many factory-built diners have no tag at all because it was removed in a remodeling, and at times one manufacturer would remodel a diner originally built by another, replacing the original tag with one of their own.
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 Rosie's Diner Berta Kaczmarczyk Artists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
After restoring the diner to its original beauty, the kitchen of the diner was set up as a studio, and the dining area was turned into a gallery to display Berta's work, as well as the artwork of Madeline Kaczmarczyk, his wife.
Jerry had always loved diners: they were the inspiration for his work, but he, like the people that came to his store, also loved to eat in them.
After the diner was delivered, he tried for a year to lease it, but nobody seemed to believe it could work as a successful restaurant business.
www.rosiesdiner.com   (1132 words)

  
 CD Baby: DINER: Eight Pound Guitar
DINER are a Buckinghamshire/North London based 3-piece band with a strong clutch of guitar driven songs with powerful melodies.
DINER recently charted at no 2 on the official sideload charts through Live365 the world's largest Internet Radio network higher than bands like U2 and Blondie.
DINER are also currently getting good airplay on many worldwide Internet Radio stations from Post FM, Matchbox Radio 24, Thrillkicker, Universal Music Radio, ROK Radio, New Wave Radio to Mash Radio and Radio Freakout in New York.
cdbaby.com /cd/diner   (221 words)

  
 Williamsburg Brooklyn Restaurant Guide: * Diner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
I have to say Diner has good food....but I've grown quite tired with the snobbish service and owners who act as if you are violating the velvet rope rules at a posh club by entering their establishment.
My biggest beef (haha) with Diner is that, even in a generally veg-friendly neighborhood like ours, they have virtually no vegetarian choices on their menu.
Diner used to be on our regular local restaurant rotation; however, the quality of the food has suffered a bit recently.
www.freewilliamsburg.com /restaurants/archives/2005/03/_diner_1.html   (1131 words)

  
 66 DINER - ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
We're willing to wager that the 66 Diner would make a strong showing in a national contest for "best diner"--not just here in town.
There used to be this really cool band in Florida called Boise and Moss, and they had a song that went, "Chicken fried steak, chicken fried steak, is it chicken or is it steak?" Regardless of what exactly the stuff is, connoisseurs in Albuquerque like the chicken fried steak at 66 Diner best.
The best milkshakes are thick enough to require amazing powers of suction to imbibe through a straw and generous enough to require an extra cup.
www.66diner.com   (162 words)

  
 Maine Diner
i visited the Diner this weekend and had one of the best bacon chesseburgers ever and the women there were the friendliest people in town.
We went into the diner on a whim, and are we glad we did.
I have planned our vacation this year to be able to dine at your diner at the beginning of our vacation and on the way back from Bar Harbor to have breakfast before we have to go back home.
www.mainediner.com /index.cfm?page=comments   (2643 words)

  
 Virginia Diner
Well then you may not realize that the Virginia Diner really is a 75-year old diner known for its home style cooking served up with plenty of Southern smiles.
You'll quickly understand why the Virginia Diner is known to many as "The Peanut Capital of the World!".
Still family owned and operated, the Virginia Diner is what the locals call "A Legend in a Nutshell".
www.vadiner.com   (241 words)

  
 ELDCPS - DL&W 470
ELDCPS purchased the Diner from American Orient Express in March 2005.
Once Diner 470 arrives in Kansas City, it will be secured until restoration begins.
The car will be restored car as Lackawanna 470, as opposed to EL We plan to restore the interior and exterior of the car as it was during the time it operated on the Lackawanna's Phoebe Snow.
www.eldcps.org /equipment/470.html   (154 words)

  
 Insight-Diner Special Issue - Menu
The diner is the result of a team effort by Montclair State; Sodexho, the University's dining services provider; and Kullman Industries, which built the diner.
The diner was first built in Lebanon, N.J., at the factory of Kullman Industries, a leading manufacturer of diners since 1927.
At the diner, nostalgia meets 21st-century technology as old-fashioned booths with chevron seating are equipped with laptop hook-up capabilities.
www.montclair.edu /pages/insight/redhawkdiner/story1.html   (761 words)

  
 Moody's Diner, Waldoboro, Maine
The above photos show, from top, our original two cabins behind the small restaurant on old US Route 1, the new diner on the redirected Route 1, and the diner as it was remodeled in 1948.
We have evolved from three cabins our first year, with no diner, to our present 18 cabins and rooms and a 104 seat diner that has become a national icon, featured in magazines and on television shows around the world.
On one wall of the diner we have photographs of people wearing our shirts in every corner of the globe.
www.moodysdiner.com   (286 words)

  
 Events - Springfield Royal Diner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Customers were already sitting in their booths patiently awaiting for the ribbon to be cut and for the waitresses to start serving the much awaited diner fare.
The Springfield Royal Diner wait staff gathers for some lighthearted fun before the opening, looking on as Julia cuts into the first pie to be served on May 6th, 2003.
In the new diner kitchen everything is ready for some real diner fare to please any palate and craving.
www.springfieldroyaldiner.com /events.html   (541 words)

  
 Diner Movie Rewind «
Although this is a buddy movie at heart, Diner has a surprisingly dark undertone, with Daniel Stern's despondency towards his marriage to Ellen Barkin, and the realistic portrayal of degenerate gambler Mickey Rourke's accumulating debts, makes this a film which explores friendship and responsibility from many different angles.
Diner is loosely based on Barry Levinson's life in his hometown of Baltimore.
Diner was also filmed at locations in Baltimore, Maryland.
www.fast-rewind.com /diner.htm   (1201 words)

  
 Diners Along Route 40
Here are the diners found along Route 40 in the Garden State listed in an approximate east to west order.
This diner reportedly has one of the largest diner menus to be found anywhere.
This diner was closed for a short while, but it has reopened.
www.route40.net /culture/diners-nj.shtml   (450 words)

  
 - AudioDiner
Audio Diner is Kevin Friedly and David Newman from Indianapolis, IN.
Audio Diner performs a variety of music from 60s and 70s Rock and Roll and Folk to Blues and Country.
Sorry but due to a death in the family, Kevin will be travelling to Mobile, AL and won't be available on Friday the 28th for the scheduled Bud's Tavern performance.
www.audiodiner.com   (886 words)

  
 New York Daily News - City Life - Queens again wears NYC's diner crown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This bustling and crowded diner offers little in the way of charm, and the bar stools are quite uncomfortable.
It was hard to tell the difference between the cloying clam chowder and the congealed gravy smothering the turkey sandwich at this lackluster diner that also produced burned coffee and a cardboard burger.
And so while Webster's defines a diner as "a restaurant in the shape of a railroad car," our criteria were slightly more demanding.
www.nydailynews.com /city_life/story/287805p-245953c.html   (2912 words)

  
 The Fleetwood Diner
Unlike most classic diners, it was shipped as a kit, not as a complete ready-to-cook unit.
Construction was started in the fall of 1948 and was complicated by the closing of the Dagwood Diner Company before the diner was finished.
Reid sold the diner to Robert Brown in 1966 and died in 1978.
jim.rees.org /fleet   (817 words)

  
 The Silver Diners of the Greater Capital District, NY
Maybe you ate at a certain diner, knew the owners, or it was an important part of your neightborhood.
Elizaville, NY is home to a new diner, to be ran by former owner of the West Taghkanic, Brian Pitcher.
The diner at exit 13 of I-88, last known as Gus's diner is closed and might be moved to Owego, NY.
www.geocities.com /cornwallace55   (807 words)

  
 Star Wars: Databank | Dex's Diner
Located on the streets of Coco Town, a dilapidated industrial area on the city-planet of Coruscant, is a quaint and outdated eatery known simply as Dex's Diner.
The food comes courtesy of cook and proprietor, Dexter Jettster, a hulking alien with a multitude of past careers and life experiences.
When Obi-Wan Kenobi's investigation of a botched assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala came to a dead end, he visited Dex's Diner and received crucial pieces of information from his well-traveled friend.
www.starwars.com /databank/location/dexsdiner   (144 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Home - One diner - to go   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
At least that's what representatives from the American Diner Museum and Volvo were saying yesterday, as they chipped Munson's Diner out of its longtime home on 49th St. and 11th Ave.
The chrome diner has been around since 1945, but closed last year as business dwindled.
Volvo, whose Martin's Manhattan dealership is perched on the corner, bought the plot - diner and all - and agreed to the move instead of demolition.
www.nydailynews.com /front/story/306647p-262351c.html   (363 words)

  
 Diner (1982)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Trivia: Just like his character Shrevie, 'Daniel Stern' (a Maryland native) was the only main actor who was married when Diner was filming, and thus missed out on much of the nightclub action with the other guys.
DINER (1982) **** Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Timothy Daly, Ellen Barkin.
Writer-director Barry Levinson's first and most personal film is a true testament to the theory of male bonding: five life-long buddies get back together for a wedding in Baltimore circa 1959 and spend most of their time hanging out at their local diner, recapturing their glory days and facing the uncertainties of their futures.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0083833   (361 words)

  
 Diner Directory: New Jersey
The Alexis Diner in Denville, New Jersey is one of the finest establishments this side of the Mississippi.
As is the case with most diners Saturday night attracts the full range of folks as diverse as the texture of the chicken a la king.
It hails itself as a diner, and says "open 7 days" on the menu, but I didn't know from this whether it was open for the full duration of those 7 days, as all good diners ought to be.
www.physics.drexel.edu /~goldberg/princeton/states/NJ.html   (13632 words)

  
 Neon Artwork Neon sculpture Neon Diner Neon diners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Diners can be made with 220 volt input, to fit your electric requriements.
The ceramic diners are finished with metallic lusters, as nice as chrome plating.
They are complete with very detailed interiors, with stools, counter, pie cases, stainless patterned background, diner clock and vintage signage.
www.rosiesdiner.com /neonartwork.html   (309 words)

  
 Chuckwagon Diner Outdoor Camping Recipes
The pair plans to do the “Big Trip” around the perimeter of Australia in May or June of 2006 so this was the first trip as a practice run...
The equipment, namely barbecue is a bit different from home but as long as he has an Aussie Brew in his hand, he can handle anything.
Whether in an RV with a custom kitchen (still limited space) traveling with cooler and tent and a backpack, chuck wagon recipes are still the faire.
www.chuckwagondiner.com   (932 words)

  
 Dinermite Diners, Inc. - Manufacturers of the great American Diner! We look forward to making your diner dreams come ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
These are the same kind of stainless steel diners, with all of the charm and romance that were part of American life in the 1940's and 50's.
They're the diners you've seen, and fell in love with, in all the great Hollywood movies.
Whether you plan to develop a traditional short-order diner, fast-food or family restaurant, or simply a dining experience that is different, you'll find that Diner-Mite Diners offer the finest quality at the most affordable prices!
www.dinermite.com   (123 words)

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